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Title: Inside Job
Type: TV series
Year: 2021
Country: United States
Genre: Comedy
Status: Cancelled (RIP)
Platform: Netflix
Appropriate for 30+?: Absolutely
My rating: 4/5 stars
(Rating scale: 5/5 = masterpiece, 4/5 = quite good, 3/5 = mostly good, 2/5 = bleh, 1/5 = I regret ever being exposed to this series, 0/5 = affront to humanity)
Inside Job is peak Millennial media. Most of the main characters are Millennials, jokes and cultural references are aimed at 20- and 30-somethings, a major plotline revolves around the Millennial protagonist and the strained relationship with her Boomer dad, and there’s even have an entire 80s nostalgia parody episode.
Overall I’d give the series a B (4/5 stars: good but not great). The humor generally lands and the plots are interesting enough. The characters start out painfully two-dimensional but become more charming over time. Unfortunately the latter episodes somehow lack the charm and fun of the earlier episodes, and alas the series never got a chance to redeem itself in season two after being unfairly axed by Netflix after a mere 18 episodes (and a cliffhanger ending). Perhaps not a “must-watch” for the general public, but I’d heartily recommend it to any fan of western adult animation.
Summarized in a phrase: a funnier, smarter American Dad.
Arcane is one I was thinking to post here; I was trying to decide if it fits! I feel like the ending is supposed to be this dramatic moment, and it is; but I was mostly feeling like these poor kids (young adults) have lost all their role models and anyone from the older generation who might help them…
My go-to hard sci-fi recommendation is always The Expanse! I’m still catching up past the second season (read the full series), but I’ve really liked what I’ve seen so far!
FWIW I think Arcane fits this community just fine. Yes many of the characters are on the young side, but the story doesn’t focus on teenage cliches, at least not after episode 3 (much of the plot has to do with navigating the world of politics, class warfare, morality in terrorism, etc).
For the purposes of this community, I think the only deciding factors are: 1) is it animated? and 2) are you over 30 and enjoyed it, and think other over-30s would enjoy it too?